Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-16 Thread Clint Adams
Package: exim4 Version: 4.67-8 User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usertags: oldbdb db4.3 Please switch your package to db4.6 so we can get rid of db4.3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-16 Thread Marc Haber
tags #442645 confirmed pending thanks On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 01:43:41PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > Please switch your package to db4.6 so we can get rid of db4.3. I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one could easily learn which bdb version is the recommended one this

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-17 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:53:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one > could easily learn which bdb version is the recommended one this week. You can build-depend upon libdb-dev (>= 4.6.19-1), though I'm not sure that's the recommendatio

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Florian Weimer
* Clint Adams: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:53:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one >> could easily learn which bdb version is the recommended one this week. > > You can build-depend upon libdb-dev (>= 4.6.19-1), though I'm not sure >

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:53:26AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Clint Adams: > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:53:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > >> I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one > >> could easily learn which bdb version is the recommended one this week. > > >

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: >> Berkeley DB upgrades change the API (in addition to the ABI), so >> explicitly versioned dependencies (libdb4.6-dev et al.) are better. > > So, package maintainers need to be aware which Berkeley DB is > recommended to be used for appropriate dependencies. Exactly, just like Curl

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2007-09-20 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:53:26AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Clint Adams: >>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:53:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one could easily learn wh

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:02:23AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > If you use on-disk database environments (grep for DB_ENV to get an > idea if this is the case), you need quite a bit of code to handle > updates properly (and downgrades, of course). If you use just plain > DB objects, it's not ver

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:02:23AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Marc Haber: > > I have been informed that it is not always a brilliant idea to use > > latest Berkeley DB, right? > > If you use on-disk database environments (grep for DB_ENV to get an > idea if this is the case), you need quite

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-20 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:29:03PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Exim's default config only uses Berkeley DB files for transient data > such as retry hints, and the postinst code simply removes all db files > that exim_dumpdb gives a non-zero reply code for. > > If the local admin decides to use db f

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-21 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2007-09-20 Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:29:03PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> Exim's default config only uses Berkeley DB files for transient data >> such as retry hints, and the postinst code simply removes all db files >> that exim_dumpdb gives a non-zero r

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-09-21 Thread Clint Adams
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:53:40AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > There are a couple of reasons why exim should not always automatically > use the latest and greatest bdb. exim is in base (Priority: standard). > > - The newest and latest bdb has not always been of sufficiently high > priority i

Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

2007-10-04 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:53:40AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > - The newest and latest bdb has not always been of sufficiently high > priority itself.[1] > > [1] Like currently in sid. > Package: libpam-modules > Priority: required > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcap1, libdb4.6, libpam0g (>=